Thread: How to display structure of a table
I have created a table and would like to display the structure to find out datatype and length.
Just like in Oracle describe table_name;
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:08:30PM +0530, Nageshwar Rao wrote:
> I have created a table and would like to display the structure to find
> out datatype and length.
>
> Just like in Oracle describe table_name;
in psql:-
\dt
Basically the \d commands in psql give you much of what DESCRIBE does
for Oracle and mysql. \? to see all the \ commands.
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:47:33AM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:08:30PM +0530, Nageshwar Rao wrote:
> > I have created a table and would like to display the structure to find
> > out datatype and length.
> >
> > Just like in Oracle describe table_name;
>
> in psql:-
>
> \dt
>
That's "\dt <tablename>" of course.
> Basically the \d commands in psql give you much of what DESCRIBE does
> for Oracle and mysql. \? to see all the \ commands.
>
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."